The Platform against biogas of La Sagra requested a meeting with the president of Castilla-La ManchaEmiliano García-Page, and with the mayor of Villaluenga de la Sagra, Carlos Casarrubios, to address the construction of the biogas plant planned in … the municipal area of this city of Toledo. This request follows a new demonstration organized this Sunday in Villaluenga, during which the group once again publicly demonstrated its rejection of this type of installation.
As part of the protest, the platform published a statement addressed to the regional president in which it informed him that “your biomethanization project is neither welcome nor accepted by Castilla-La Manchaas you can see in all provinces. In this same message, they warn the president of the Castilian-Manchego Executive that “if he does not look for alternatives more than 10 kilometers from cities or does not promote, for example, photovoltaics in homes, your application will be compromised“.
The demonstration brought together the mayors of Cobeja, Pantoja and Yuncler.. This is why the Platform insists that the rejection of these plants transcends political acronyms. “In our ranks, there are members of all political parties united for the same cause,” they remember.
Part of the statement is directly addressed to the mayor of Villaluenga de la Sagra, Carlos Casarrubios, who is accused “that it is not fair to sell his town and neighboring villages like Cobeja, Pantoja and Yuncler for a small sum.” handful of coins. »
“They say in the brochures they posted in the region that they wonder why they are in Villaluenga and that they answer for the taxes they will leave,” affirms the Platform, which asks Casarrubios to “resign or, better yet, reverse; we help you“. “Now La Sagra is respected. Public opinion was sleeping, but it has woken up and will assert its rights,” they say.
Given these and other accusations made in previous days, the mayor of Villaluenga reiterated to ABC that At no time was advance information on the construction of the factory hidden. As he explains, it is up to the regional administration to carry out all the necessary procedures and, once completed and approved, the installation “has a firm license because the Town Hall cannot refuse its concession”, since it meets the required legal requirements.
Likewise, he assures that the allegations presented by neighbors both in his town hall and in other organizations are not valid. In this sense, it specifies that the claim period, in accordance with the regulations in force, refers only to “the official version of the May 2025 plan and the strategic environmental study of June 2025.
Response to Verdalia
The opposition movement also responds to statements made to ABC by the promoter company, Verdalia Goldman Sachs, which affirms that the project complies with current regulations and the regional biomethanization plan. Faced with this, the Platform insists on the fact that The facility “is less than 1,500 meters from Cobeja“. Furthermore, They wonder if this is the first hermetic factory in Spain, emphasizing that “according to other sources, the first was the one existing in the town of Zaragoza of La Almunia de doña Godina, in Zaragoza”.
They also believe that the promoting company It is false when they state that the plants do not explode or catch fire. “We have the case of the Oxford factory after a lightning strike. And if the gas doesn’t catch fire, what’s the point? That’s why we don’t believe their words,” they say.
The example of La Villa de don Fadrique
On the other hand, the Platform highlights that last Thursday the Municipal Council of the Toledo city of La Villa de Don Fadrique, chaired by Jaime Santos Simón, approved in plenary session not to support or promote any action for the installation of biogas plants in its municipal area, as well as to request the cessation of the Biomethanization Plan.
Finally, The group calls for an end to the Regional Biomethanization Plan until there is a scientific, social and territorial consensus; the suspension of files currently being processed until the approval of the new environmental quality law; and the preparation of independent, serious and rigorous studies on the health risks that this type of installation may present.
Finally, in its statement, the group also includes a critical reflection on the European context. “What can we say about the Europe that we wanted and in which we believed, may it rest in peace. I hope there is a Europe that benefits citizens and force politicians to take care of him and benefit him,” they say.
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